POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN SHIRES, 1881., TABLE XXII.—Showing the Area in Square Miles of each Shire ; the Population ; Inhabited Dwellings, and Number of Rooms in each ; the Proportion of Females to Males ; the Average Number of Persons to the Square Mile, to the Inhabited Dwelling, and to a Room ; and the Average Number of Inhabited Dwellings to the Square Mile.

Shires.	Area in Square Miles.	Population.			Inhabited Dwellings.	Total Number of Rooms.	Number of Females to 100 Males.	Persons to the Square Miles.	Persons to the Inhabited Dwelling.	Persons to a Room.	Dwellings to the Square Miles.
		Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	81,839	420,061	233,047	187,014	85,079	347,136	80.25	5.13	4.94	1.21	1.04
Alberton	1,737	2,907	1,637	1,270	599	2,695	77.58	1.67	4.85	1.08	0.34
Alexandra	724	2,530	1,388	1,142	520	2,122	82.28	3.49	4.87	1.19	0.72
Ararat	1,461	5,214	2,928	2,286	1,158	4,409	78.07	3.57	4.50	1.18	0.79
Avoca	437	5,450	3,175	2,275	1,481	4,837	71.65	12.47	3.68	1.13	3.39
Avon	318	1,738	914	824	298	1,563	90.15	5.47	5.83	1.11	0.94
Bacchus Marsh	182	2,243	1,216	1,027	399	1,744	84.46	12.32	5.62	1.29	2.19
Bairnsdale	3,321	5,544	3,208	2,336	1,163	4,388	72.82	1.67	4.77	1.26	0.35
Ballan	365	7,390	4,072	3,318	1,588	6,605	81.48	20.25	4.65	1.12	4.35
Ballarat	182	4,531	2,480	2,051	756	3,942	82.70	24.90	5.99	1.15	4.15
Bannockburn	139	2,108	1,079	1,029	359	1,907	95.37	15.17	5.87	1.11	2.58
Barrabool	191	2,327	1,229	1,098	416	2,066	89.34	12.18	5.59	1.13	2.18
Beechworth	303	7,956	4,419	3,537	1,762	7,323	80.04	26.26	4.52	1.09	5.82
Belfast	200	3,055	1,618	1,437	486	1,992	88.81	15.28	6.29	1.53	2.43
Bellarine	124	4,098	2,136	1,962	789	3,830	91.85	33.05	5.19	1.07	6.36
Benalla	1,181	6,249	3,433	2,816	1,190	4,626	82.03	5.29	5.25	1.35	1.01
Berwick	397	3,477	2,054	1,423	775	2,953	69.28	8.76	4.49	1.18	1.95
Bet Bet	345	4,725	2,788	1,937	1,271	3,757	69.48	13.70	3.72	1.26	3.68
Boroondara	12	1,525	757	768	270	1,474	101.45	127.08	5.65	1.03	22.50
Braybrook	89	1,107	593	514	225	1,071	86.68	12.44	4.92	1.03	2.53
Bright	833	4,847	2,886	1,961	1,172	4,390	67.95	5.82	4.14	1.10	1.41
Broadford	223	1,537	969	568	354	1,243	58.62	6.89	4.34	1.24	1.59
Broadmeadows	69	1,751	920	831	295	1,736	90.33	25.38	5.94	1.01	4.28
Bulla	105	1,978	988	990	243	1,357	100.20	18.84	8.14	1.46	2.31
Bulleen	33	1,562	843	719	324	1,300	85.29	47.33	4.82	1.20	9.82
Buln Buln	682	3,829	2,265	1,564	807	2,944	69.05	5.61	4.75	1.30	1.18
Bungaree	89	4,981	2,745	2,236	907	3,920	81.46	55.97	5.49	1.27	10.19
Buninyong	304	9,535	5,163	4,372	1,925	8,083	84.68	31.37	4.95	1.18	6.33
Caulfield	9	2,488	1,128	1,360	397	2,830	120.57	276.44	6.27	0.88	44.11
Chiltern	89	1,976	1,012	964	421	1,772	95.26	22.20	4.69	1.12	4.73
Coburg	7	2,659	1,634	1,025	369	1,867	62.73	379.86	7.21	1.42	52.71
Colac	1,090	5,175	2,714	2,461	969	4,880	90.68	4.75	5.35	1.06	0.89
Corio	237	2,300	1,175	1,125	407	2,172	95.74	9.70	5.65	1.06	1.72
Cranbourne	228	1,420	759	661	267	1,254	87.09	6.23	5.32	1.13	1.17
Creswick	202	6,647	3,763	2,884	1,288	5,388	76.64	32.90	5.16	1.23	6.38
Dandenong	58	1,414	732	682	266	1,375	93.17	24.38	5.32	1.03	4.59
Darebin	79	1,304	689	615	213	1,119	89.26	16.50	6.12	1.17	2.70
Dundas	1,364	3,250	1,770	1,480	601	2,712	83.62	2.38	5.41	1.20	0.44
Dunmunkle	539	4,349	2,463	1,886	821	3,419	76.57	8.07	5.30	1.27	1.52
East Loddon	455	1,701	981	720	318	1,275	73.39	3.74	5.35	1.33	0.70
Echuca	1,458	8,917	5,033	3,884	1,679	7,047	77.17	6.12	5.31	1.27	1.15
Eltham	208	2,344	1,275	1,069	514	2,085	83.84	11.27	4.56	1.12	2.47
Euroa	887	4,890	2,719	2,171	949	3,491	79.85	5.51	5.15	1.40	1.07
Flinders and Kangerong	176	1,727	953	774	345	1,931	81.22	9.81	5.01	0.89	1.96
Gisborne	100	2,617	1,422	1,195	521	2,471	84.03	26.17	5.02	1.06	5.21
Glenelg	1,264	4,219	2,235	1,984	756	3,097	88.77	3.34	5.58	1.36	0.60
Glenlyon	127	2,631	1,436	1,195	551	2,238	83.22	20.72	4.77	1.18	4.34
Goulburn	348	2,495	1,412	1,083	439	1,785	76.70	7.17	5.68	1.40	1.26
Grenville	310	6,026	3,494	2,532	1,431	5,345	72.47	19.44	4.21	1.13	4.62
Hampden	1,738	6,487	3,580	2,907	1,231	5,428	81.20	3.73	5.27	1.20	0.71
Heidelberg	41	2,775	1,524	1,251	370	1,884	82.09	67.68	7.50	1.47	9.02
Howqua	842	1,270	729	541	313	1,231	74.21	1.51	4.06	1.03	0.37
Huntly	321	3,764	2,026	1,738	728	2,906	85.79	11.73	5.17	1.30	2.27
Jika	15	2,994	1,538	1,456	527	2,921	94.67	199.60	5.68	1.02	35.13
Keilor	53	689	380	309	123	728	81.32	13.00	5.60	0.95	2.32
Kilmore	86	2,442	1,229	1,213	479	2,282	98.70	28.40	5.10	1.07	5.57
Korong	1,113	7,751	4,479	3,272	1,946	5,972	73.05	6.96	3.98	1.30	1.75
Kowree	1,448	2,277	1,306	971	432	1,674	74.35	1.58	5.27	1.36	0.30
Kyneton	273	8,725	4,495	4,230	1,603	7,775	94.11	31.96	5.44	1.12	5.87